Lima Travel Guide

Lima, Peru an Amazing Vacation Destination

With beautiful architecture, cool things to do and its very own fashion week, Lima, Peru, should be one of the cities at the top of your vacation destinations. Like many cities in South America, Lima just doesn't receive the attention that a city of this caliber truly deserves.

K-pop Popularity on the Rise in Lima

Korean pop music, also known as K-pop, has been seeing a substantial rise in popularity lately in Lima, with event attendance surpassing 10,000, which is highly impressive considering K-pop is so incredibly different than most of the music that comes out of Latin America.

Frightening Multi-Government Meeting Taking Place in Lima

Eleven countries from around the world are beginning a secret summit in Lima, Peru, to discuss how they can come together to best control the internet. This is some extremely scary stuff going on, and I thoroughly suggest you all pay strict attention to what's going on in regards to this meeting.

Average Salary of Lima Rises, With Exceptions

The average monthly income for salary workers in Lima rose by a little more than 4 percent between February and April of this year, which is a great sign for those who are just starting out in a career. However, workers over the age of 45 saw the same just over 4 percent shift, but in the opposite direction.

Will Peru Be the World's Next Food Destination?

Apparently Lima's fare is on impressively on par with other foodie destinations like Paris and Venice. It's about time South America had another well-liked city (beyond just Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires), and Lima seems like the perfect city to represent the continent.

A Tour of History, Death and Poetry in Lima

Taking guests through the cemetery at Presbitero Matias Maetro in Lima, Peru, this tour nighttime tour not only provides guests with that spooky feeling that one gets while being at a grave in the dark, but there is also much to be learnt about the people and culture that helped shape this great city and country.

Hilton Opens New 207-Room Hotel in Lima

Situated in an affluent part of Lima, Hilton International recently opened a new hotel and is offering some pretty remarkable rates for those who want to try the new Peruvian capital location out. Architectural inspired by Peruvian history and dozens of executive rooms and suites, this should be a great hotel to stay at whether when on vacation or business.

Lima's Water Treatment to Skyrocket

The capital of Peru is going to see some significantly huge changes to its water quality over next two years or so as two treatment plants in Lima are getting ready to push the city's sewage-treated water from 16 percent to an astonishing 100 percent.

Peru in Serious Danger of an Earthquake

While the earthquake that Lima, Peru is overdue for might be massive, the serious problem that will arise if (or when) it hits is that the city is gravely unprepared to take a hit like that. With a lot of its residents still living in adobe houses and relatively unregulated building codes, an earthquake there is a huge disaster just waiting to happen.

Decades-Long Radio Show Still Going Strong in Lima

Now broadcasting out of her home in Lima, the show Radio Club Infantil has been running since December of 1944 and has kept the same host throughout all those years: Maruja Venegas. Doing it without pay, she's fallen on hard times but still plans to do the show for as long as she can.

Sea Lions Nursed Back to Health Released in Lima

Lima, Peru saw the heartwarming story about a couple of sea lions, who were struggling to stay alive after being hit by fishermen, named Camilo and Alex released back into the ocean. While it only took a month to get the sea lions back to good health, the environmental activists who cared for them worry about the animals' safety as the group often finds hurt sea lions on the coast.

Lima - South America's Culinary Capital?

Like France to Europe, Lima is separating itself from the rest of the cities in South America through a robust, hearty and varied epicurean boom. Highly creative and reported as consistently delicious no matter where the diner decides to eat, it looks like all eateries in Lima, from roadside stands to upper-crust gourmet restaurants, are some of the best in South America.

Incan Sanctuary Opened to Tourists

With a series of pyramids and ramps, an ancient Incan oracle sanctuary has been opened for tourism recently and the location, quite near to the country's most-visited city Lima, should make the site a hotspot for those looking for history and adventure. I'd suggest going before the same thing that happened to Chichen Itza happens there and they shut down the most interesting spots due to oversaturation and graffiti.